Mirror-support



'W. C. LEE.

MIRROR SUPPORT. APPLICAION mm mm. 30.1921.

1,387,415. g PatntedAug 9,1921.

T0 aflwfiom 7t c0nce7qi. 4 Be it known l1ZLWALKER C, LEE, a,.cit zenofthe United States, residing=at Londonville, inthe county ofAshland,yand State of Ohio,, hasinvented certain nevv and usefulImprovements in Mirror-Supports;and he (loeshereby deolare thefollowingto :be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention,such as Will }enabl otflhe rs skilled in the art to which it :appertainsto mal'and use the same.

*The present invention relates to improve:

ments in mirror supports and has or;an ob ject to. provide an improvedsupport where by the-mirrOri =.carried thereby may be attached t0various articles 'of furniture or fixtures in a house so that cOnvenientposition with reference to the light may be obtained. r 7 Anotliexobject of the invention lies in providing an improved support for amirror having'a variety of adjustments for permitting of the location ofthe mirroiat vari ous angles both with respect to the vertical andhorizontal to adapt the samenfor convenient use in shaving, .hairdressing and the like operations.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a simple3ndinexpensve mir- & ror support adapted to be quickly and con venientlyattached to and removed from furniture and fixtures and which permits ofconvenint adjustment of the mirrOn With the foregoing and other objectsin view, the invention Will be more fullydescribed hereinafter, and Willbe more par- -ticularly pointed out in the claim appended hereto.

In th(adrawings, wherein likejsynibols refer'to like or correspondingparts"throngh out the several-views, V 7

Figure 1 is a side view of a mirrorahd a mirror supportconstructedaording to the present invention with the support in positionas a stand foi holding the mirror on a fiat surface such as a bureau;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the mirror and support with the clamp,arranged on the back of a chair;

Fig. 3 is a front view of the support with the mirror partly brokenaway; and

' Fig. 41 is a plan view of the mirror support.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the mirrorwhich may be of a suitable round or ovalform and which isp1ovided"preferably\centrally of its b'ack with a post 2 having an0pjening to:slidably receive a rod 3 which is clamped in the post by aset screw 4:, 0neend of the post is formed into. a curved arm*5having:an en larged perforated head to receive thread ed boit 6 whichalsb passes through a pr fora ion in a lug 7 whi'cb projectsfrom the 7l'eg 8 of a y0ke or clamp piece 9. The lug 7 is :madein one piece withthe oke projecting outwardly from the same, it;being curved in amannerbest shown in Fig. 4: in order to carry it beyonditheflplaixeof'the side of said yoke. A butterfly nut 10 isthreaded onthe bolt Z6 aiid acts t o. clamp the .curved arrn 5 tightly in adjustedposition.

The yoke is also formed with aseoond leg 11 parallel and co peratingwith the first mentioned leg 8, this latter leg beingpreerably facedwith a liner of felt 12 or other suitable 'material to =take against thefin 1 ished surfaces of furniture to avoid marring.

The leg 813arries' a clamping screw 13 having a head 14 adapted to takeagainst the opposite surface of an article of furniture or fixtnre; anda thumb piece 15 for rotation.

In use, the mirror 1 may beadjusted longi tudinally on the rod3 so thatwhen the rod is for instance in the position indicated in Fig. 2 themirror may have a wide range of vertical adjustmenn Inthe saine way-themirr0r is capable of horizontal adjnstment when the rod 3 is let down toa horizontal position. The post 2 and mirror 1 may also be adjustedangularly about the rod 3 at any point along the rod so'that twoadjustments are had through the mirrors connection With such rod 3.Additionally the rod 3 swings about its fulcrum 6 and thus provides forinclining the mirror at various angles to the vertical.

It will be noted that inasmuch as the lug 7 projects laterally beyondthe plane of the side of the clamp piece 9 ther0d 3 may rotate about thepivot point 6 so that it has a complete range of angular adjustment in*thlS respect through thefull' 360.

f e 16 for instance of a bureau; The lower L edge of the mirror 1likewise rests upon the supporting surface 16 as is comnion withtnnrrors of th1-s genoral character.

By placing the mirror on the back 17 of a chair such as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, the user may seat -himsolf upon the chair and be in aconvenient position for shaving or a like operation. Of course the clamp9 is adapted for connection to a variety of articles within a range ofthicknesses encompassed by the legs 8 and 11 and the device ispreferably oomparativelv light so that it niay be attached to a windowshade. Of course the improved' support may be used to hold otherarticles such for instance as ash trays, sewing boxesor other devicesand still permit of the same range of adjuscments.

It is obvions that various changes and modifications may be made in thedetails of construction and design ofthe above specifically describedembodimont 'of this in vention without doparting from the spirittheroof,snob changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope' ofthe following daim; What is claimed is A device of the charater debribedcomprising a mirror, a post extendingfroin the 'cured to a support, acurved 111g extnding from said clamp pieoe, means for piVotally holdingsaid rod on said lug, andmeans Whereby the lng androd may be seouredtogeth6r against relative movement, substah tially as desoribed.

VVALKER o. LEE.

